We stayed at the Kopua Holiday Park, which sits on a peninsula within the harbour. There was a small Pedestrian bridge to walk to town. Here is our camping set up. Big tent, the table with little benches and our paddle boards. This campground did not have a pool, so it was a little easier to get the kids out into nature. There was a soccer pitch right beside the campground, so Jonah and Dad did have some shootouts.
We had seen pictures of Raglan ahead of time and noticed these really cool rocks that people would kayak or paddleboard to, but we couldn't find exactly where they were on any website. Well that's because they are right in the harbour. They are called the pancake rocks and they run all the way along the north shore of the harbour.
We spent a couple hours the first day paddling around, in-between and under the rocks. When you got close and looked in the cracks, there were hundreds of little crabs! Very cool experience.
The next day we went surfing and boogie boarding at Ngarunui Beach. It was pretty windy, so the surf was challenging.
The rest of the afternoon was pretty wet, so we drove to a short hike to Bridal Veil Falls. They actually do look like a bridal veil. This was the most impressive waterfall we have seen in NZ so far.
The last day we drove to the Te Toto Gorge and hiked up Mt Karioi.
It was pretty wet and muddy from the rain the day before, so we needed some incentive to get to our destination...Pringles and Squirmies (sour worm candies that we have come to enjoy in NZ). Sadly we have not found Twizzlers here and it is one of the few treats we miss from back home.
After supper that evening we took a walk into town and got ice cream! The kids are getting very good at spotting TipTop signs. The next day we packed up and headed home. Had to catch up on homework for skipping 2 days of school.
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